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DR. ADAM CLARKE AND THE TWO PRIESTS OF BUDHA.
They learnt to lisp in foreign words
The faith of foreign prayer,
Yet felt it a familiar faith,
That every one should share.
They bear it to their native land,
And labour to impart
The Christian knowledge that subdues
Yet elevates the heart.
Oh, noble enterprise! how much
For man by man is won!
Doth it not call on all mankind
To see what two have done?
Oh, fair thou art, thou lovely isle,
The summer loves thine hours;
Thy waves are filled with warm white pearls,
Thy groves with spice and flowers.
But nature hath no gift assigned,
Though prodigal she be,
Like that pure creed of Christian lore
Thy sons have brought to thee.
